Joao Rodrigues

Head of the Molecular Materials Research GroupDirector of the Master in Nanochemistry and NanomaterialsUniversidade da MadeiraPortugal

Biography

Joao Rodrigues got the Ph.D. on Inorganic Chemistry from the Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal). He is Scientific Coordinator of CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, head of the MMRG-Molecular Materials Research Group (www.uma.pt/jrmmrg) and Director of the Master in Nanochemistry and Nanomaterials (www.uma.pt/mnn ) at the University of Madeira (Portugal). His scientific work has been mainly devoted to the preparation and characterization of potential useful molecular materials, namely dendritic(hyperbranched), polymeric metal-containing systems and nanoparticles, to be used as electronic and/or biomedical nanomaterials. He is author of 33 peer-reviewed articles (h=11), 1 book chapter, 9 proceeding papers, 13 invited lectures in international conferences and 50 other oral presentations.

Research

His scientific work has been mainly devoted to the preparation and characterization of potential useful molecular materials, namely dendritic(hyperbranched), polymeric metal-containing systems and nanoparticles, to be used as electronic and/or biomedical nanomaterials.